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Welcome to the 4th Annual Indie of the Year Awards sponsored by Desura, a celebration of the years finest indie games chosen by you and us. For the next 4 weeks it is up to you to vote for your favorite indie games so that they may make the top 100 which will be announced on the 11th of December. There are over $15,000 in prizes. Winners up to $1000, top 10 and editors choice up to $500 each. Full terms & conditions.

Top 100 of 2013

Adventure

A short, first person, art/empathy game. The game draws upon the disaster that affected many people in Japan in 2011, the tsunami caused by the T?hoku earthquake. It aims to remember those who passed away. Read on...

The year is 1899. Wealthy industrialist Oswald Mandus has returned home from a disastrous expedition to Mexico, which has ended in tragedy. As he struggles to his feet, somewhere beneath him, an engine splutters, coughs, roars into life... Read on...

We got boobies. We got hookers. We got Zombies. We got Nazis. We got even Nazi-Zombies! We got puzzles, as this is an adventure. But this is also a shooter. And it is an RPG (at least in some special moments). Unique - and crazy like hell. Read on...

The player takes an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations and artwork across the various multiplayer servers in creative mode, or fending off zombies, skeletons, spiders and creepers in survival. Read on...

First Person Shooter

Eugene and Marcus return in the spiritual successor of Zombie Panic: Source. Contagion is a survival horror FPS set at the beginning of an epidemic that will force a familiar group to work together if they are to survive. Read on...

You wake up in a dark alley knowing nothing. What has happened? You struggle for truth and answers. Answers you want to know in the darkness and fear, which makes your heartbeat race like violent blows against your head. Are you insane? Read on...

Tactical Shooter

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down sandbox shooter, with emphasis on cooperation, squad leading and being a tiny soldier in a big war. The events take place on an open world battlefield divided between two factions. Read on...

Dengen Chronicles is the most engaging Online Customizable Card Game in the Manga universe. The innovative addition of strategy and role-playing aspects makes the gameplay original and intense. Read on...

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a mercenary, a business owner, a doctor, a bandit.. the list goes on. Aid or oppose the various factions in the world. Read on...

Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox is an indie game with the intent to recreate the amazing turn-based, first person RPGs from the golden age of PC gaming using modern game engine technology. Read on...

A 2D space exploration sandbox game. Star systems, planets, weapons, and enemies are randomly generated, but unlike other games in the genre there is also plot the player can follow if he chooses. Read on...

Dwarf Fortress is a game for Windows, Linux and Mac, developed by Bay 12 Games featuring two modes of play, as well as distinct, randomly-generated worlds complete with terrain, wildlife and legends, gruesome combat mechanics. Read on...

Help jack get his pillow back form the evil mare. In Between is a puzzle platformer game. The main mechanic in this game is teleporting between the 2 rooms existing in each level. You have to solve puzzles and do some platforming to reach the goal. Read on...

Like so many other nights that she does not recall, a little girl wakes up in her dreams. She finds herself in a world of nightmare and a mysterious voice tells her to get up and to start walking. Read on...

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. Read on...

World is such a magical place where you can live greatest day or a worst nightmare - it's up to you what you choose. Pixel Man is casual guy as we all are and he needs your help to understand the world in difficult situations. Read on...

A 2D platforming genealogical roguelite where anyone can be a hero. You must traverse a procedurally-generated castle to uncover the secrets of your cursed heritage. You have only one chance though, as there is no redemption from death. Read on...

Teslagrad is a puzzle platformer with action elements. Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers are gained trough the game and used to surpass the games challenges and explore the long abandoned Tesla Tower. Read on...

First-person 3D game with environmental puzzles and an immersive atmosphere. Experimentation is the key, thus players can create their own geometry to solve puzzles and reach hidden places in weird constructions. Read on...

Combat Sim

Guns of Icarus Online is a team-based multiplayer airship combat game set in a steampunk/dieselpunk-inspired, post-apocalyptic world where lighter-than-air flight is the only means to cross the scarred wilderness dividing pockets of civilization. Read on...

Fast pace cellshading flying action. Soar the skies as you take on the most vicious enemies above the ground. Experience an airborne adventure in an all new art style that will take you to something different and exciting. Read on...

Futuristic Sim

A sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining. Read on...

Real Time Shooter

Natural Selection 2 is the sequel to the popular HL mod which pits Elite Marines against the vicious Alien Kharaa in a battle of survival. Marines must use weaponry to find and destroy alien hives, while each Alien class has different abilities. Read on...

Roguelike

A side-scrolling 2d, real time strategy/sandbox/simulation game created by indie developer Vitali Kirpu. Control a crew of a pirate ship. Sail the ship over a number of sea zones, each with filled with unique events! Read on...

In Risk of Rain, time = difficulty. The longer you play the harder it gets, do you tear through the levels as fast as you can or do you spend time collecting some of the many ability granting artifacts? Read on...

Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers. Read on...

Path of Exile is a gritty, new Action Role Playing Game from New Zealand based studio, Grinding Gear Games. Path of Exile combines bone-shattering, monster-slaying action with in-depth character customization. Read on...

Upcoming Games

Adventure

A dynamic graphic adventure. It inherits the spirit of classic cinematic adventures like Out of This World or Flashback, and the gameplay mechanics of classic platformer adventures like Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus. Read on...

Faceless is a Greenlit Source Project which allows players to attempt to survive alone, or together with up to 4 players in Wakeland City to try and find Daniel North. But a threat lurks in Wakeland City, a threat only referred to as 'The Being'. Read on...

Overgrowth takes place in the savage world of Lugaru where rabbits, wolves and other animals use paws, claws and medieval weaponry to battle each other. Taking advantage of Wolfire's brand new Phoenix Engine to create an astoundingly immersive experience. Read on...

Enter the desert world of Noshrac. You are a Son of Nor, a human mage with the sole mission to protect and preserve what is left of your race. Son of Nor is an action RPG set in a dynamic desert environment that can be shaped by the player’s magic. Read on...

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Experience the terrifying encounters of the harsh ocean and all its vicious marine wildlife. Scavenge, discover, survive. Read on...

Tesla's revolutionary invention has been stolen by his archenemy Thomas Edison! Travel all around the world to get it back with the help of your comrades, explore the most attractive cities of the Victorian Age. Read on...

Eden Star is a dark, Sci-fi. Take on the 'mine, create, survive' gameplay found in popular voxel-based creation games. With ultra interactive destructible environments, game-changing graphical quality all within an ever expanding universe. Read on...

The story takes place in a world that is not yet destroyed by the Seven Hour War apocalypse. People have not yet known the terrifying future of the Earth, the future that shall bring only death and destruction. Read on...

A free-to-download multiplayer game. Project Reality 2 will see the popular mod from Battlefield 2, being completely re-built with the aim to create the most realistic and demanding virtual combat environment. Read on...

The Battle of the Somme symbolised the horrors of warfare in world war one. Follow orders, fight for your country, survive in rain soaked trenches and wait for the call; the call to charge over no man's land to fight for freedom and liberation. Read on...

Traction Wars is a Tactical Teamwork Game set during the Second World War. We aim to create a realistic and historically accurate environment for players to immerse themselves. For information about the first release please see below. Read on...

Verdun is a stand-alone game developed on the ground breaking unity3D engine. Verdun will combine epic team play centered first person shooter action with the never before seen battles of World War I. Read on...

Choose your side in this multiplayer stealth game between the high powered Guards and the fast and elusive Thieves using your wits to outsmart the enemies or just make your way to the goal using bullets. Read on...

Renegade X is a tactical First and Third Person Shooter with Real Time Strategy elements, set in the Command & Conquer universe. It is a high quality award-winning free indie game being created on the Unreal Development Kit Read on...

An Action RPG Adventure game in style of Diablo which incorporates bloody battles, Item usage, Character building, and storyline incorporation. The storyline revolves around Keykhosro, the son of the Persian prince Siavosh. Read on...

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a sandbox action-RPG strategy hybrid will take players on a journey into a fictional world of up-close and personal medieval combat on a huge scale, bigger, bloodier and more intense than ever before. Read on...

Survivor - Forgotten World is a First-Person survival RPG on a new concept, set in 1983 and based on Unreal Engine 3. You need to eat, drink, sleep and fight after your crash upon unknown land. Read on...

Even in its early days, Althas has been a land shaken by conflicts. In the early days, these conflicts pitted the Anointed Kingdoms of Men against the dark and demonic forces that threatened them. Read on...

Massively Multiplayer

Gloria Victis is an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) with a great focus on classic roleplay. The world is inspired by the medieval Europe and Near East with fantasy elements such as mythical creatures from Slavic folklore. Read on...

Real Time Strategy

0 A.D. is a new real-time strategy currently undergoing development by Wildfire Games. Featuring a ground-breaking new game engine custom built to suit our environment, 0 A.D. strives to preserve historical accuracy combined with engaging gameplay. Read on...

Excalibur breaks the mold of traditional space simulation games by putting the player firmly in the boots of an experienced Starfleet captain. From the outset you will be able to control your character and command your ship! Read on...

Disaster! An alien invasion and subsequent infestation have decimated this facility. Many lives were lost, the facility was ruined and the aliens were unstoppable. All hope was lost until one survivor found the courage to fight back. Read on...

Roguelike

A oldschool, top-down, sandbox survival horror, with RPG and roguelike elements. It features a non-linear, open world with a day and night cycle, very dense atmosphere, brutal and tactical combat, and crafting. Read on...

Hack 'n' Slash

A Hack and Shoot - a cyberpunk first person shooter/hack and slash rpg about hacking. The cyber-world is procedurally generated, the colors are neon, the loot is randomized, and the lasers are loud. Read on...